[Chaos-l] Telescope intro and cleaning ideas (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Tony Rice]

Compressed air from a can is probably okay in short blasts.  Shake it up
well and be careful not to blast it so long that the liquid propellant comes
out .

The instructions you read online are very conservative as Ned pointed out
but if you keep a couple things in mind you'll be fine:


   - touch the mirror only with liquids for a first pass of cleaning
   - never touch the mirror with your fingers, even the cleanest hands have
   oils
   - use only distilled water to help prevent spotting
   - air dry only.  dont even try to speed it up with a fan, you'll end up
   with a dirtier mirror than you started with.
   - keep the screws you remove in a safe place


Also keep in mind that while you want to take care not to damage the mirror
and clean it as well as possible.  Its just a mirror and can be replaced
with some effort.  That being said, that effort may be a bit more
significant since Meade probably doesn't carry parts for a scope this old.

-Tony
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